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Acorns were the main source of food for pigs in Norman England, and pigs were an important source of food for many Lancashire villages.

Nestling in the shelter of Lythe Bank, the ancient village holds the homes of many of the men who worked in the alum industry and on local estates.

In translation, Tal-y-Llyn means 'the end of the lake': that aptly describes the location of the village, with its little church and inns in the shadow of Cadair Idris.

Stirling was to change hands a number of times during the Wars of Independence.

The ancient, ivy-covered Black Swan Hotel dominates this view of The Square at Helmsley, the attractive castle-crowned capital of the North York Moors National Park.

Standing on a steep hillside north-west of Ashford, and with commanding views of the Weald, this charming village was near the seat of the Dering family.

In the 1780s, Leamington was little more than a village with a population of around 300 people.

This photograph was taken during the heyday of mass tourism. The tea house, which still functions today as a delightful cafe-restaurant, stands at the near end of the beach.

The quality of Brydon's work is well brought out in this view; I have heard visitors commenting on the remarkable survival of so much Roman work!

One of the pleasantest ascents of Pilsdon Pen, the highest hill in Dorset, is from Beaminster and up through Stoke Abbot.

Although much of St Peter's church dates from as recently as the 14th century, there are signs of a much earlier church on the site.

The pretty village of Calbourne lies among the downlands of the Isle of Wight. Its lovely Early English church boasts many fine monuments and is among the oldest on the Island.

By this time, Felixstowe was at the height of its popularity as a seaside resort, with its south-facing beach.

A bridge crossed the head of the Kingsbridge estuary as early as 962, though the surviving bridges in the area are medieval in origin.

Set in the valley of the River Aire, Bingley was once the classical picture of a 19th-century worsted-weaving and textile town, with its great mills and tall smokestacks.

Set in the valley of the River Aire, Bingley was once the classical picture of a 19th-century worsted-weaving and textile town, with its great mills and tall smokestacks.

One of the huts of Blackdown Camp, with a group of soldiers and a bowler-hatted civilian.

This village sprawls around the lanes of the surrounding countryside of the Blackmoor Vale as though not quite sure where it wants to be.

The wooden jetty on the left would have been used at high tide.This photograph was taken long before the widening of the promenade.

This village sprawls around the lanes of the surrounding countryside of the Blackmoor Vale as though not quite sure where it wants to be.

In the 1780s, Leamington was little more than a village with a population of around 300 people.

The William Brown Library, with its fine portico of six Corinthian columns, was built in 1860 to house the natural history collection of the 13th Earl of Derby; this had been bequeathed to the town in

FOR MANY YEARS, after the decline of the weaving industry, the manufacture of rubber linked the two West Wiltshire towns of Bradford on Avon and Melksham.

Richmond's Norman fortress was begun by Alan the Red of Brittany in 1071 and dominates the entrance to Swaledale.